No doubt redundant but - if you could choose on pedal for blues gigs what would it be
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Re: No doubt redundant but - if you could choose on pedal for blues gigs what would i
not to kick a horse that has been dead and rotted for 20+ years but srvs tone was more than any one thing. yes he used a tube screamer, yes he used heavy strings, and big amps and blah blah blah. he sounded like him with pretty much any setup. he did use a tube screamer but not just a ts808 or ts9, he also used the ts10 which no one seems to think is worth much. from what ive read from his tech, he got boxes of single strings from ghs. hed use 11s, 12s, and 13s depending on how his hands were feeling and his 13 set wasnt much different from my custom 11 set i used to use other than the high e (13, 15, 19, 28, 38, 58 vs 11, 15, 19 ,28, 38, 54), i think tuning down a 1/2 step is a bigger part of his sound. trying to say any one thing was the secret to srv's tone if foolish unless you are talking about his hands.
not to kick a horse that has been dead and rotted for 20+ years but srvs tone was more than any one thing. yes he used a tube screamer, yes he used heavy strings, and big amps and blah blah blah. he sounded like him with pretty much any setup. he did use a tube screamer but not just a ts808 or ts9, he also used the ts10 which no one seems to think is worth much. from what ive read from his tech, he got boxes of single strings from ghs. hed use 11s, 12s, and 13s depending on how his hands were feeling and his 13 set wasnt much different from my custom 11 set i used to use other than the high e (13, 15, 19, 28, 38, 58 vs 11, 15, 19 ,28, 38, 54), i think tuning down a 1/2 step is a bigger part of his sound. trying to say any one thing was the secret to srv's tone if foolish unless you are talking about his hands.
leevc5
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Re: No doubt redundant but - if you could choose on pedal for blues gigs what would i
If you want to go to the bottom line it is what Albert King told him "in Session" it was about soul, really feeling the music. Guitar, strings, pedals, amps, even hands...are just tools...it is feeling the music that makes a SRV or an Albert King or...
If you want to go to the bottom line it is what Albert King told him "in Session" it was about soul, really feeling the music. Guitar, strings, pedals, amps, even hands...are just tools...it is feeling the music that makes a SRV or an Albert King or...
leevc5
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Re: No doubt redundant but - if you could choose on pedal for blues gigs what would i
Built the Timmy overdrive and it is magnificent! Cost me $17 and about four hours of building and swearing.
Here is a link to the manual, it is pretty funny as well as informative: http://rjsanders.com/amps/Tim-Timmy.pdf
As you can see from the picture I have enough room left on the breadboard for a couple of more pedals. My goal is to have one pedal that has what I need plus the SD Pickup Booster.
I am thinking a phaser and an EQ. Any suggestions on what a couple of complementary pedals for blues/jazz stuff would be appreciated.
Here is the picture, looks like a mess right now but will be fine when I add the other devices and put in a box:
Cheers!
Built the Timmy overdrive and it is magnificent! Cost me $17 and about four hours of building and swearing.
Here is a link to the manual, it is pretty funny as well as informative: http://rjsanders.com/amps/Tim-Timmy.pdf
As you can see from the picture I have enough room left on the breadboard for a couple of more pedals. My goal is to have one pedal that has what I need plus the SD Pickup Booster.
I am thinking a phaser and an EQ. Any suggestions on what a couple of complementary pedals for blues/jazz stuff would be appreciated.
Here is the picture, looks like a mess right now but will be fine when I add the other devices and put in a box:
Cheers!
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